NGC 4715
| Galaxy NGC 4715 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 49 m 57.9 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 49 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ + / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 15 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022986 ± 0.000133 |
| Radial velocity | 6891 ± 40 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(308 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (94.5 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 10, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4715 • UGC 7986 • PGC 43399 • CGCG 159-085 • 2MASX J12495786 + 2749203 • NSA 103691 • LDCE 926 NED008 | |
NGC 4715 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 308 million light years from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 4692 , NGC 4721 , NGC 4728 , NGC 4745 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on May 10, 1863 .